Judge Awards Law Firm Attorney Fees In Professional Liability Coverage Dispute

Mealey's (August 13, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Aug. 1 awarded Dickstein Shapiro $346,697.50 in reasonable attorney fees in a dispute over professional liability coverage for an underlying $17.5 million settlement of a malpractice lawsuit brought against one of the law firm’s former partners and denied an excess insurer’s motion for reconsideration of a previous ruling as to coverage allocation (Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Dickstein Shapiro LLP, et al., No. 18- 02893, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133045)....